"We've been trying to get some power hooked up inside the justice center," Anderson said. "There's a small one in there now, but they need power."

While President Bush was inside the facility talking with officials this morning, Anderson and other contractors were outside complaining that the government is getting in the way.

Anderson said the only generator in the jail this morning was supplying a small operator area. He had another generator ready to help a bit with air flow, but the large generators expected from the federal government are what he's frustrated about.

"FEMA won't turn loose of the generators until they inspect the area themselves. They keep saying that will be tomorrow. I've heard that for days," he said. "We know the exact size we need. We told them. Apparently, that's difficult for them to accept."

Anderson said that, without air circulating in the closed facility in this climate, mold and mildew can start growing everywhere. The lack of water and properly working toilet facilities exacerbates the problem, he said.

He said he was supposed to meet a FEMA representative this morning, but he was a little late and they left. With no working clocks on the island, he said, it surprised him they couldn't wait a few minutes.

A marked FEMA truck, one of the first seen in the area, did pull up while the president was in the building.

"I talked to someone from FEMA last night and he seemed to think we were asking for too much," Anderson said.

Anderson said that, despite his frustration, he has had cooperation from two fronts: the weather and the inmates.

He said some of the inmates helped him repair the small generator that works in the control area.

And, he said, without the good weather these past few days, the jail area would be in a far worse situation.